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House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler, shown Wednesday with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, received broad support for his bill expanding the Justice Department's Crime Victims Fund.

House throws financial lifeline to victims fund, appropriators

By David Lerman
Posted March 17, 2021 at 8:05pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks at a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Jan. 15, 2020.

House passes bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to Capitol, DC police

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted March 17, 2021 at 6:50pm
Reps. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., right, and Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, at a news conference in the Capitol on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act on Wednesday.

House votes to reauthorize, expand Violence Against Women Act

By Michael Macagnone and Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted March 17, 2021 at 5:37pm
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., left, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., arrive for a news conference to announce the introduction of the For the People Act.

Biden support for ‘talking’ filibuster adds to debate among Senate Democrats

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted March 17, 2021 at 5:29pm
Rep. David Schweikert, Ariz., center, did not cooperate fully with the Office of Congressional Ethics.

Many House members averse to cooperating with OCE, study shows

By Chris Marquette
Posted March 17, 2021 at 4:37pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., celebrate signing the American Rescue Plan Act at a ceremony on the West Front of the Capitol after the House passed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package March 10.

Ohio files suit over COVID relief package

By Todd Ruger
Posted March 17, 2021 at 4:34pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other female Democrats celebrate on the House steps Wednesday after the vote to scrap the 1982 deadline for ERA ratification.

House votes to nix deadline for Equal Rights Amendment ratification

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted March 17, 2021 at 2:31pm
Rep. Mike D. Rogers, R-Ala., offered the resolution to change House Republican Conference rules.

House Republican Conference votes to bring back earmarks

By Jennifer Shutt and Lindsey McPherson
Posted March 17, 2021 at 12:32pm, Updated at 2:25pm
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday.

Senate hearing showcases deep partisan divide over LGBTQ legislation

By Todd Ruger
Posted March 17, 2021 at 2:22pm
Katherine Tai told the Senate Finance Committee she would shape trade policies to benefit U.S. workers.

USTR veteran Tai confirmed by Senate to lead trade agency

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted March 17, 2021 at 12:16pm
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, conducts a news conference at the Capitol Visitor Center on Sept. 23, 2020.

House set to pass Violence Against Women Act reauthorization, with renewed hope for Senate action

By Michael Macagnone and Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted March 16, 2021 at 5:51pm, Updated March 17, 2021 at 10:37am
Acting Assistant Chief Sean Gallagher, left, and acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman arrive for a session of the Capitol security task force briefing, led by retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, in the Capitol on March 8, 2021.

Capitol Police committed unfair labor practice, decision finds

By Chris Marquette
Posted March 16, 2021 at 7:03pm
Trump supporters stand on a Capitol Police armored vehicle as others take over the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6.

Judges want more security funds to protect courthouses from rioters

By Todd Ruger
Posted March 16, 2021 at 4:36pm
Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., nominee for interior secretary, is seen on the House steps of the Capitol during a vote on the “Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act,” on February 26, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Haaland: ‘I thought I would have more time here, but we are called to service in different ways’

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted March 16, 2021 at 3:39pm
Guzman told senators at a confirmation hearing that she would focus on getting pandemic aid to businesses with fewer than 10 employees.

Guzman receives Senate confirmation to lead SBA

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted March 16, 2021 at 3:18pm
Rep. Ann McLane Kuster, D-N.H., is one of the leaders of the newly formed Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force.

House reshapes approach to mental health and addiction

By Sandhya Raman
Posted March 16, 2021 at 9:40am
“And it does seem that there are areas in which there's a real need,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says of increasing federal judgeships.

Lawmakers in both parties push to add judges to overworked federal courts

By Todd Ruger
Posted March 16, 2021 at 6:00am
D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton speaks to reporters as Ward 6 Councilman Charles Allen, left, listens outside the U.S. Capitol security fencing during a protest on March 13, 2021.

Capitol Police to begin moving back fence surrounding complex

By Chris Marquette
Posted March 15, 2021 at 2:05pm, Updated at 7:26pm
Deb Haaland, D-N.M., was confirmed as Interior secretary by the Senate on Monday.

Haaland confirmed as first native Interior secretary

By Joseph Morton
Posted March 15, 2021 at 7:09pm
Navy Seabees board a military helicopter for transportation to build Special Forces camps at undisclosed locations in Afghanistan in 2009.

House Democrats want fast repeal of 2002 Iraq War authorization

By Rachel Oswald
Posted March 15, 2021 at 2:07pm
Trump rioters occupy the West Front of the Capitol and the inauguration stands on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Two men charged with assaulting officers, including Sicknick, in Jan. 6 Capitol attack

By Todd Ruger
Posted March 15, 2021 at 12:52pm
House Ways and Means Chair Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., and Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore. have differing views on clean energy tax breaks.

Top Democratic tax writers differ on clean energy breaks

By Lindsey McPherson and Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted March 15, 2021 at 11:00am
President Joe Biden signs the COVID-19 relief bill into law Thursday. Unlike his Democratic counterparts in the House and Senate, Biden has tried to dampen expectations about the law’s outcomes.

Democrats set the bar high for COVID-19 relief law’s success

By Shawn Zeller
Posted March 15, 2021 at 7:00am
Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., nominee to be Interior secretary.

GOP critics unlikely to let up on Haaland after confirmation

By Joseph Morton
Posted March 15, 2021 at 6:00am
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo conducts a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on May 27. Many New York Democrats in the House have called on him to resign amid a growing harassment scandal.

Schumer, Gillibrand join House Democrats from New York in urging Cuomo to resign

By Chris Cioffi
Posted March 12, 2021 at 1:02pm, Updated at 6:24pm
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks through a metal detector before entering the House floor on January 21, 2021. Lingering fears after the Capitol storming led to metal detectors being installed outside the House chamber.

‘I still don’t feel safe’: House lawmakers adjust to metal detectors, new normal

By Chris Cioffi
Posted March 12, 2021 at 3:19pm
Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde is facing a fine for not going through a metal detector outside the House chamber.

Ethics panel examining appeals of magnetometer fines for two GOP members

By Chris Marquette
Posted March 11, 2021 at 3:24pm
Massachusetts Rep. Stephen F. Lynch was the last member to have reported testing positive for COVID-19, in January. There have been no new reported member cases in over a month.

One-tenth of Congress had COVID-19, but cases halted soon after vaccinations

By Lindsey McPherson and Chris Cioffi
Posted March 11, 2021 at 3:03pm
The USS Vicksburg is maneuvered into a dry dock during a docking evolution at BAE Systems Shipyard in Norfolk, Va.

Year into pandemic, this Navy shipyard is still without OSHA help

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted March 11, 2021 at 3:01pm
Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., is now being investigated by the House Ethics panel.

Office of Congressional Ethics sees cases dip amid coronavirus pandemic

By Chris Marquette
Posted March 11, 2021 at 2:25pm